Gist is a new web application in beta that looks to help you build stronger relationships. It connects your email inbox to the web and gives business-critical information about key people and companies.

Gist lets you connect your contacts from your email (Gmail, Outlook), Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc and gives you valuable insights about them and the companies you communicate with.

As the name implies, it instantly gives you news and insight into a contact or company almost working like a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tool for you.

Gist provides great insight into your various communication tools by bringing them all together in one clean neat interface.

Gist not only brings your various contacts into one place it even prioritizes them by importance. Any time you are looking at a contact or a company, Gist shows you contact information, online news article mentioning the contact, RSS feeds, links and attachments exchanged via email, Twitter exchanges, etc.

Now you can create your Gist profile like your Facebook Profile and get found by others.

If you are a small business or a freelance leveraging social media to improve your business, you will see the power of Gist instantly. It brings your contacts and companies to your fingertips and helps you find the best prospects for the day.

Gist iPhone app helps you get all this cool information right on your smartphone.